(a) The Adjutant General may, at his or her discretion and with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, or with such funds as may be provided by the United States, develop and implement a National Guard Youth Challenge Program for the purpose of providing training, education, health, welfare, rehabilitative, and other services to juveniles.
(b) The Adjutant General is authorized to enter into agreements, contracts, and memoranda of understanding with other state, federal, and local agencies, other persons, firms, and corporations for the purposes of providing training, education, health, welfare, rehabilitative, and other services to juveniles participating in the program.
(c) The Adjutant General may promulgate and issue such rules and other guidelines as may be necessary and proper to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.
(d) [Repealed.]